Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar1 cup butter softened
1 tbsp vanilla
3 eggs
3 1/2 cups mida flour
1 tbsp baking soda
2 cups chopped dates
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
Method:
In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.Beat in vanilla and eggs until well blended.And beat in flour and baking soda until well combined.Cover dough with lid.Refrigerate at least 2 hours.Meanwhile, in pan, mix chopped dates,granulated sugar,water.heat to boiling.Simmer uncovered 10 mins, stirring frequently. Refrigerate until ready (to mixture will thicken as it cools).Heat oven to 375°F. Work with 1/3 of dough at a time.keep remaining dough refrigerated. On well-floured work surface, roll out dough with rolling pin to 1/5-inch thickness. Cut with floured 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter. In half of cookies, cut out and remove 1-inch round or desired shape of hole from center. Place whole cookies on ungreased cookie sheets.Spoon 1 tbsp cooled filling onto center of each whole cookie; top with dough ring. With fingertips or fork, press edges of dough to seal. Return dough centers to remaining dough for rerolling.Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool it and remove from cookie sheets.Tips:
For date cookies recipes with oatmeal Cookies Same all the Ingredients and add 2cups of Oats.
You can add Walnuts and Almonds,Cashew(chopped).
Health Benefits of Dates:
Several vitamins are found in dates. Among the most important vitamins found in dates we can mention the B-complex vitamins and C vitamins.Dates works for Weight Gain,Energy Booster,Nervous System Health,Healthy Heart,Diarrhea,Night Blindness,Abdominal Cancer.Dates also contain a very high amount of dietary fibers, being also very good to fight constipation. And last but not least dates are also rich in essential minerals as:
- calcium,
- magnesium,
- iron,
- zinc,
- potassium,
- phosphorus,
- selenium and
- manganese
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